STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR SOUTHERN ROCKIES TO CENTRAL PLAINS
WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
300 AM CST TUE DEC 20 2011
 
...LOW PRESSURE OVER TEXAS IS SPREADING SNOW FROM THE SOUTHERN
ROCKIES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. TRAVEL THROUGH THIS REGION WILL
BE DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON TUESDAY...   
 
WINTER STORM AND BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NEW
MEXICO AND THE TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES EXTENDING NORTHWARD INTO
SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO AND KANSAS. BOUNDING THIS REGION IS AN AREA
OF WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES.
 
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AT 200 AM CST...A 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES...SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED
ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA...ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF
FREDERICK...OKLAHOMA. ATTACHED TO THIS SURFACE CYCLONE WAS AN
OCCLUDED FRONTAL SYSTEM WHICH EXTENDED INTO DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. IN
ADVANCE OF THIS FRONT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE
LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.
UNDERNEATH THE UPPER LOW POSITIONED OVER THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WAS MORE COMMONPLACE. LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOW WAS BEING REPORTED ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES. TO THE NORTH...A HEAVIER AXIS OF SNOWFALL WAS
IMPACTING EASTERN COLORADO AND INTO MUCH OF THE WESTERN HALF OF
KANSAS. EVEN A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS WERE REPORTING FREEZING RAIN
AND SLEET ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WERE OCCURRING IN SOME AREAS...CREATING
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED IN
SOME AREAS. AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION FROM THE
NORTH...RAIN IS GRADUALLY CHANGING TO SNOW FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST.
  

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM CST SUN DEC
18 THROUGH 200 AM CST MON DEC 19...

...COLORADO...
LA JUNTA                             15.0                     
SPRINGFIELD                          15.0 DRIFTS UP TO 10 FT  
COLORADO CITY 4 SE                   13.6                     
BEULAH 1 S                           13.0                     
LA VETA 3 S                          10.0                     
LAS ANIMAS                           10.0 ESTIMATED           
MANZANOLA                            10.0 ESTIMATED           
SUGAR CITY 2 S                       10.0 ESTIMATED           
WALSENBURG 5 WSW                     10.0 ESTIMATED           
RYE 1 SSW                             9.7                     
PUEBLO                                7.0                     
TRINIDAD 4 SW                         7.0                     

...KANSAS...
TRIBUNE                               6.0                     
HAYS                                  5.5 ESTIMATED           
SUBLETTE                              5.5 ESTIMATED           
ELKHART                               5.0                     
LIBERAL                               4.0 ESTIMATED           
SIMPSON 10 SW                         4.0 ESTIMATED           
SYLVAN GROVE 3 SW                     4.0                     
ULYSSES                               4.0                     
ADA 2 NE                              3.0                     
GREAT BEND                            3.0 ESTIMATED           
MARQUETTE 4 ESE                       3.0                     
VICTOR 5 E                            3.0                     
WAKEFIELD 7 SSW                       3.0                     
WALDO                                 3.0                     

...NEW MEXICO...
PIETOWN 25 N                         24.0                     
GRANTS                               14.0                     
BLUEWATER LAKE                       12.0                     
ROCIADA 8 SW                         10.0                     
TIJERAS 11 SSE                       10.0                     
PREWITT 5 WSW                         9.5                     
ANGEL FIRE 3 ESE                      9.0                     
EDGEWOOD 2 SE                         9.0                     
SANDIA PARK 2 E                       9.0                     
SEDILLO                               9.0                     
THOREAU 3 W                           9.0                     
ALBUQUERQUE 8 E                       7.0                     
SANTA FE 1 SW                         1.7                     

...OKLAHOMA...
KENTON 2 NNE                         10.0 ESTIMATED           
BOISE CITY                            7.0 ESTIMATED           
GUYMON                                6.0 ESTIMATED           
HOOKER                                5.0 ESTIMATED           
TURPIN                                5.0 ESTIMATED           

...TEXAS...
TEXLINE                               6.0                     
HARTLEY                               4.0                     
MORSE                                 4.0 ESTIMATED           
DALHART                               2.0                     


AS THE SURFACE LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
THIS MORNING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS
MUCH OF KANSAS AND INTO NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI. IT APPEARS THE
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WITH THIS SYSTEM HAS ENDED AS THE DISTURBANCE
TRACKS TOWARD EASTERN OKLAHOMA. FORECAST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD
GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS
ACROSS KANSAS. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF OVER 30
MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS AREAS
WHICH HAVE RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH WIND CHILL
TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO ARE ALSO EXPECTED. TRAVEL THROUGH THE
REGION WILL MAY BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE DURING
PORTIONS OF TUESDAY. SNOW IS FORECAST TO END ACROSS THE ROCKIES
THIS MORNING...BUT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH
MUCH THE DAY TUESDAY BEFORE COMING TO AN END LATE IN THE DAY.  

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 900 AM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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